--On Wednesday, November 24, 2004 01:28:07 PM -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
wrote:
>
> So when Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, appoints a State Commissioner
> of Elections, and drops a hint or two, there's NO way for said
> Commissioner to make sure that things happen the way Jeb's brother
> wants them to happen?
>
Did you not watch the mess in 2000? The *counties* decided how their ballot
would be constructed and how the elections would be run. Now how is Jeb
Bush and/or his Commissioner going to influence *Democratic* counties run by
*Democrats*?

Simple answer is, he *isn't*.

> Simply issuing an edict that candidates shall be listed alphabetically
> (and leaving the rest to the slight "first candidate listed" bias)
> would suffice unless the Democrats fielded somebody who's name started
> with 'A'....
>
Except that state law *explicitly* places that responsibility in the hands
of the county election board for *that very reason*.

> Might want to study up a bit - political machines from Boss Tweed to
> Richard Daley have had absolutely *no* problems in getting the ballot
> to go the way they wanted....

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